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Minot Air Force Base (/ ˈ m aɪ n ɒ t / ⓘ MY-not; IATA: MIB, ICAO: KMIB, FAA LID: MIB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in Ward County, North Dakota, thirteen miles (20 km) north of the city of Minot via U.S. Route 83. In the 2020 census, the base was counted as a CDP with a total population of 5,017, down from 5,521 in 2010 ...
On 29 August 2007, six AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles, each loaded with a W80-1 variable yield nuclear warhead, were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52H heavy bomber at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and transported to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The nuclear warheads in the missiles were supposed to have ...
A B-52H with a Navy EA-6B Prowler and Japanese F-2-fighters during exercise Cope North 09–1 in February 2009 over Andersen Air Force Base On 25 July 1968, the 23rd moved, without personnel or equipment, to Minot Air Force Base , North Dakota, where it absorbed the personnel, equipment, and B-52H bombers of the inactivating 720th Bombardment ...
The 5th Operations Group (5 OG) is an operational component of the United States Air Force 5th Bomb Wing, stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Its mission is to manage and operate B-52H Stratofortress bombers serve as part of the Air Force's conventional and strategic combat force.
The 91st Missile Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command Twentieth Air Force. It is stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota as a tenant unit. The 91 MW is one of the Air Force's three intercontinental ballistic missile wings.
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The 742d Missile Squadron is a United States Air Force unit stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The squadron is equipped with the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, with a mission of nuclear deterrence. The squadron was first activated as the 742d Bombardment Squadron in June 1943.
Elements deployed to Johnson Air Base and Yokota Air Base, Japan July 1950, remaining until group's inactivation in 1952. Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, 11 September 1951 – 28 May 1952; Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, 1 September 1991 – 1 July 1994; Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, 1 February 1996–present [2]